This week, millions of Americans across the length and breadth of this beautiful land, from shining sea to shining sea, if you may, will...

This past Monday, the Spiritual Life Commission (SLC) gathered to consider the 2020 theme for our beloved parish. Each year, the SLC...

A scar on any part of your body is always a reminder of a particular event in your life. Depending on how gory that event in your life...

To all who worshiped at the church, he was simply Bruce. He was a very detailed, dedicated, committed and exceptional Head Verger. He was...

Pentecost is upon us, and after last Sunday’s sermon, I’d like to reflect a little more on the idea of the "Complexification of Christ",...

I am always amazed at the openness of the seas. As I flew to Ghana two weeks ago, I peered through the window and looking out, saw the...

Each one of us is Israel, because we all struggle with God. All struggle with the idea of God. All struggle with the power that is God....

Like many, I have to face the battle that rages within me - a battle that can generate significant chaos. No one sees it or feels it but...

You may have heard it said before. You may have said it yourself, albeit in an innocuous way. And when you did, you couldn’t have been...

A few weeks ago, I joined three friends I grew up with in Ghana to celebrate their mother’s eighty years birthday. It was such a lovely...

Running, I understand, is the world’s most accessible and practiced sport. It is so because you don’t need much to run, and in many areas...

Among the victims was an eleven-year-old boy who was looking forward to new life as a student of Sidwell Friends, and to live in the...

What do I know about golf? Not much. What do I know about the resurrection of the dead? Not much. And what do I know about restorations?...

This past week has been incredibly awesome. Beginning on Sunday afternoon after worship, I spent some time at Savage Mill for the Chili...

Emptiness brings fullness, so says the Indigo Girls in their song "Hand Me Downs". On the surface, the idea of emptiness bringing...

It is an amazing story to hear that this fragile body with which we walk around - which is often beaten down with weariness, sickness and...

A few months ago, we were all grief-stricken with the shooting of Jewish worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue. We all wondered how one...

It was simply a coincidence. But it was also a coincidence that opened my eyes to an incredible depth of spirit, grace, and compassion. I...

We began our Lenten journey with the Ash Wednesday ritual of the imposition of Ashes on our foreheads. Throughout the world, millions of...

There’s a story about Alexander the Great. It is reported that when he was on his death bed, he called in his generals and told them...